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unusual facts about Capra


Ottone Calderari

He completed the casino for the Lapertico family in Capra.


A Farewell to Kings

The lyrics of "Cinderella Man" are based on the Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

Andacollo, Neuquén

The main activities in the zone are the agriculture and the Animal husbandry with species such as Capra, Ovis and Cattle.

Capra Press

Capra Press was a Santa Barbara, California-based independent publishing house which has produced works by authors such as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Raymond Carver, Ray Bradbury, Gretel Ehrlich, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lawrence Clark Powell, Charles Bukowski, Michael Petracca, Tony Mendoza, Barry Gifford, José Antonio Burciaga, Ross Macdonald, and Twinka Thiebaud, who collected Henry Miller's table talk.

Massimo Capra

As of March 2013, Capra is married with two children and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

Mindwalk

Mindwalk is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on his own short story, based in turn on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics.

Moss Hart

When director Frank Capra and writer Robert Riskin adapted it for the screen in 1938, the film won the Best Picture Oscar and Capra won for Best Director.

Politico-media complex

The ending of John Doe was unsuccessful amongst audiences and critics, discouraging any more political films for Capra and no films of merit after It's a Wonderful Life.

Prelude to War

In order to do this, Capra made use of footage from Triumph of the Will, but with different narration designed to support the Allied cause.

The Miracle Woman

The film shares themes with other Capra films, namely Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in that the central character gives up power and fortune for the sake of their principles.

Verne Mason

When motion picture director Frank Capra fell ill with a mysterious fever after completing It Happened One Night, Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn called in Mason to diagnose and treat Capra's illness.


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